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On Wednesday, 22 November Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani spoke with Adel Iskandar about the role of the media during the current war on the Gaza Strip This episode of Connections examines the manner in which Western media in particular has often sacrificed independence to promote st..

Join us on Wednesday, 22 November for a discussion with Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani and Adel Iskandar about the role of the media during the current war on the Gaza Strip This episode of Connections will examine the manner in which Western media in particular has often sacrificed..

On Monday, 18 September Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani spoke with Adel Iskandar about Edward W. Said, who passed away twenty years ago this month. This episode of Connections examines Said’s intellectual and political acco..

Tucked away in a poorly lit crevice of downtown Cairo and in the shadow of a small alley mosque, Le Grillon, a late-night bar and restaurant that has hosted the city’s writers and political adversaries for decades, is in a part of the city from which Edward W. Said often felt estranged. A reposi..

Join us on Monday, 18 September for a discussion about Edward W. Said, who passed away twenty years ago this month, with Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani and Adel Iskandar. This episode of Connections will examine Said..

On 23 February 2021, Politico broke the news that Al Jazeera was launching a right-leaning American digital news outlet called Rightly. The outlet’s first program “Right Now with Stephen Kent” is an opinion-led interview program reflecti..

EP4 - Chapter 8: Mediating the Arab Uprisings

Egypt as Effigy: Predatory Power, Hijacked History, and the Devolution of Revolution. Adel Iskandar argues that Egypt today is a replica of various historic Egypts, each manifesting as an effigy built for either public scrutiny or glorification.

About the future of Al Jazeera following the ongoing confrontation between Qatar and several GCC states led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. With the situation continuing to be moving at a slow burn, it is far from certain what will happen next. Find out more in this Status/الوضع in..

In this interview for STATUS/الوضع, host Bassam Haddad speaks with Adel Iskandar, who unpacks Trump`s compl..

The previous day, shortly after they had sipped the wine symbolic of the blood of Christ and in remembrance of the Holy Communion, an explosion tore through the church leaving the their blood in small puddles on the floor and splattered on the walls and pillars.

“The time will come, that w..

In this interview, Wael Attili, the founder of Jordan`s most recognizable new media, cartooning, and digital media outfit, explains how soul-searching led to a shift in editorial mission for Kharabe..

In April of 2013, the Arab Media Center at the University of Westminster`s CAMRI hosted its annual Arab media studies c..

It was 20 January 2011, just five days before a major protest called for by many youth and opposition groups in Egypt, when Ali came across a hilarious image on Facebook. One of his friends had shared a photoshopped painting depicting Mubarak atop a majestic s..

In this interview with Zein El-Amine on WPFW, Jadaliyya Co-Editors Hesham Sallam and Adel Iskandar discuss the recent presi..

As Mohammed Morsi prepares to stand trial, Jadaliyya co-editor Adel Iskandar speaks to France24`s The Interview on the former president’s..

Adel Iskandar, Egypt in Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2013.

Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this..

The unfolding political tumult in Egypt over the past ten days has not only captured headlines worldwide, it has taken its toll on journalism and reporting as well. While much of the international media turned their attention away from the country over the past year and assumed democracy was mar..

Since Mubarak`s dramatic toppling on 11 February 2011, Egypt has been center stage in most discussions, theoretical and methodological, on the role of social media in political communication and dissent. There is no shortage of treatments on the topic from the..

Some have commented on the incident of sectarian violence in the village of Zawiyat Abu Musallam in the Giza district on 23 June 2013 as the product of a "simple" people and a "crowd" mentality. The figure of the "simple" like tha..

Adel Iskandar and Bassam Haddad, editors, Mediating the Arab Uprisings. Washington, DC: Tadween Publishing, 2013.

Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?

Adel Iskandar and ..

Just ten days before the second anniversary of the 25 January revolution, Egyptians awoke to another railway tragedy. A train loaded beyond its capacity with security forces recruits heading from Sohag to Cairo derailed in the Badrashin area of Giza leaving nineteen dead and over 120 ..